CYBE

"Alan worked with me for 5 years as my corporate communications director at Afilias, handling everything from industry monitoring to releases to special press events. His deep experience and calm professionalism helped us avoid several potential difficulties. His experience in the security space was especially helpful, and his contact list is seemingly inexhaustible. Importantly, Alan would take on every job, no matter how small or large; we had a one person PR team and Alan took care of everything. He is even a great photographer! Alan is a dedicated professional who is great to work with and committed to "doing it right." I highly recommend him."

Roland LaPlante

CMO

Afilias

"When working with Alan it's seamless from the agency side. It's hard to tell who's on the client side and who's on the agency as he builds 'one team.' We always felt like true partners and information flowed the moment Alan received it from either the product team or the C-Suite. It made our jobs very easy as we were always working with up-to-date information. Alan was our compass on measurement. We knew exactly what success needed to look like at the onset. If goals or needs changed mid-journey, we easily shifted course as we were alerted immediately. The same with budgets. Very transparent, and we knew what we had to work with and where the priorities stood."

Matthew Afflixio

President

Access Brand Communications

"Alan Wallace is a terrific writer, storyteller, and top-drawer publicist. As a long-time journalist, I've worked with many PR people over the years in various capacities. Alan was among the finest. So, fine that I ended up hiring him at aNewDomain Media for a long stint. He is brilliant and did an extraordinary job with the early planning of BreakingModern... Hire him!"

Gina Smith PhD

Research Director

IDC

"I have worked with Alan Wallace as a client and a colleague in various capacities since 1995 and have found him to be a highly regarded communications professional which I hold in the highest regard. Alan is one of the best (if not the best) marketing and public relations executives in any technology company."

John Jeffrey

General Counsel

ICANN

"I've had the pleasure of working with Alan since 2008 at Microsoft and Trend Micro. Alan combines his keen understanding of media from working in it himself with his passion for technology and security... While at Trend Micro, he spearheaded a new press outreach strategy that far exceeded expectations by landing numerous top-tier outlets like Fox Business, Washington Post, and The New Yorker..."

Christopher Budd

Global Threat Communications

Trend Micro / Microsoft

"When Alan and I were in the Trustworthy Computing group at Microsoft, I led the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) engineering team. Alan was responsible for PR and communications for SDL. Alan and his team launched several communications initiatives that enabled us to build the reputation and adoption of the SDL across the industry. During the period when I worked with Alan, my team created guidance and tools to enable organizations outside of Microsoft to adopt the SDL and Alan's team created communications initiatives that enabled us to "get the word out" to the industry through the worldwide trade press. We got a lot of press coverage as a result of those initiatives, and that coverage translated to downloads of our tools and to guidance and industry acknowledgment of the SDL as a leadership initiative. Alan was a great partner and a real communications professional. He was a pleasure to work with."

Steve Lipner

Executive Director

SAFECode